AC2.2

Question 1

what is retribution

Answer 1

punish the offender
justice for the victim
not focus on rehabilitation
imprisonment

Question 2

what is rehabilitation

Answer 2

reform offenders and reintroduce them into society
hope to alter the behaviour of the offender
community sentence is a form of rehabilitation so are probation orders as well as treatment/programs for addicts.

Question 3

what is deterrence

Answer 3

individual deterrence ensures the offender does not reoffend
suspended sentence is an example because imprisonment will only make them want to re offend.
general deterrence aims to prevent society from committing crime, giving an offender imprisonment it will hopefully prevent people from committing similar crimes.

Question 4

what is public protection

Answer 4

punishment must protect society from criminals
for example a long prison sentence protects society as the offender doesn’t have the same freedom as them

Question 5

what is reparation

Answer 5

compensating the victim of the crime
done by ordering the offender to give a sum of money to the victim
another way is doing unpaid work - giving back to society
restorative justice, when offender and victim have a meating and forgive